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Jaws III

Play trailer Poster for Jaws III PG,  1983,  1h 37m,  Mystery & Thriller/ Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 10% 40 Reviews Tomatometer 17% 100,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
10% Tomatometer 40 Reviews 17% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
After a young great white shark finds its way into a sea-themed park managed by Calvin Bouchard (Louis Gossett Jr.), workers try to capture it. But the facility's attempt to keep the shark in captivity has dire consequences: A much larger mother shark appears in search of its offspring. Among those who must battle the angry aquatic killing machine are marine biologist Kathryn Morgan (Bess Armstrong), her co-worker Mike Brody (Dennis Quaid) and a pair of friendly dolphins.
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Critics Consensus

A cheese-soaked ocean thriller with no evident reason to exist, Jaws 3 bellows forth with a plaintive yet ultimately unheeded cry to put this franchise out of viewers' misery.

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Matt Singer ScreenCrush Oct 14, 2018
3/10
No movie with Dennis Quaid holding a basset hound's ears to keep them out of his water bowl while pouring himself some coffee can be all bad. Jaws 3-D comes pretty close. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Dec 10, 2007
Surprisingly tepid. Go to Full Review
Derek Adams Time Out Jun 24, 2006
Put in a baking tray, gas mark 7, and enjoy a turkey. Go to Full Review
John Stark Mac the Movie Guy Jul 27, 2025
24/100
Jaws was like getting an expertly crafted chocolate cake from a Michelin star chef, and the third film is like getting one of those Lil Debbie Cosmic Brownies and pretending those two things are remotely similar in quality. Go to Full Review
Jesse Hassenger Decider Jun 24, 2025
Jaws 3 is a pretty bad movie. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 27, 2025
1.5/4
Laughable. Go to Full Review
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Anakin L Apr 16, 2019 Disappointing watch if you are looking to see a Jaws film. The 3D selling point was so bad because all the 3D scenes looked cheesy and when watching the non 3D copy, you literally laugh at how bad it looks because they didnt bother to make it look good in any way. Thank you for giving us a not so needed third film which would be the demise of a great franchise. The only scary thing we see is the horrible film itself. See more
Anakin R Mar 9, 2019 Bland, full of cardboard cutout characters and having 3D so gimmicky glasses or no glasses that 1/4 of it is just padding in a pathetic attempt to justify the price of admission. And that's not even getting into how the movie's a shameless plug for SeaWorld! Though there is a pretty cool dead body gore effect and maybe the premise could've worked if they weren't too busy saying "Come to SeaWorld where a mommy shark will terrorize you and your friends" See more
Rey Feb 26, 2019 Terrible movie. No reason it should exist.
Feb 6, 2019 this movie is an absolute gem cheesy or not it is just so damn stupid and hilarious! it's the horrible effects and the terrible science of the shark that just make me cry with laughter See more
Harry R Jan 8, 2019 Surprised anyone worked again after this pile of regurgitated dung.
Kylo M Jan 3, 2019 But this time it's pretty bad
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Joe Alves

Director

Dennis Quaid

Michael "Mike" Brody

Bess Armstrong

Kathryn Morgan

Simon MacCorkindale

Philip FitzRoyce

Louis Gossett Jr.

Calvin Bouchard

John Putch

Sean Brody

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Movie Info

Synopsis After a young great white shark finds its way into a sea-themed park managed by Calvin Bouchard (Louis Gossett Jr.), workers try to capture it. But the facility's attempt to keep the shark in captivity has dire consequences: A much larger mother shark appears in search of its offspring. Among those who must battle the angry aquatic killing machine are marine biologist Kathryn Morgan (Bess Armstrong), her co-worker Mike Brody (Dennis Quaid) and a pair of friendly dolphins.
Director
Joe Alves
Producer
Rupert Hitzig
Screenwriter
Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Alan Landsburg Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround
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